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FAMILIARITY

is a generic feeling in which a situation, event, place, person or object directly provokes a subjective feeling of recognition

FAMILY SCULPTING

is one of the many activities which are employed during family therapy sessions, where a member of the family will

FAST MAPPING

is the seemingly fast ability for a young people, especially babies to learn entirely new words on the general understanding

FAULT-TREE ANALYSIS

is a method of qualitative safety analysis whereby a potentially hazardous or accident prone system state is analyzed carefully using

FEATURE

1. The attribute of a thing that makes it what it is, e.g., wings are on birds not cats. 2.

FECHNER'S PARADOX

the apparent increase in brightness of a figure caused by closing one eye after viewing the figure with both eyes

FEELING OF KNOWING

the sense of conviction about an event, which can be quite accurate and distinct although it is not experienced as

FEMININITY COMPLEX

. the envy by men of women

FESTINATING GAIT

a gait disturbance often seen in people with Parkinson

FETOSCOPY

an instrument that is used by a doctor to observe the foetus while it is in the uterus.

FIELD OF CONSCIOUSNESS

the term that is given to the total awareness of a person at any given time. It is what is

FIGURE-DRAWING TEST

the term applied to a test in wher the person draws a human figure. It is used as a measure

FILOPODIUM

a term that is used to describe the very fine and tubular growth out from a cell. This may be

FIRST IMPRESSION

the term applied to the initial impression we have of another person when we meet them for the first time.

FITNESS

1. The set of attributes a person has that enables them to carry out daily tasks and perform physical work.

FIXEDNESS

a term that is used in problem solving. See functional fixedness.

FLEXION REFLEX

the term that describes an abrupt withdrawal of an arm or a leg that is in response to a painful

FLOCCILLATION

used to describe the aimless grasping and plucking at clothing or bedding by a person suffering from dementia, delirium, extreme

FLUENT SPEECH

This term is applied to speech that is essentially normal in quantity, stress, pitch, rhythm, and intonation. A person with

FOCAL ATTENTION

name given to the attention we focus on a certain stimuli while disregarding the rest. Information in our attention span